Other Events and Attributes:

• Burial: Newark Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
• Alternate Burial: Newark Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
• Appointments / Titles: 3rd Earl of Lancaster
• Appointments / Titles: Earl of Leicester and Essex
• Death: 22 Sep 1345, Monastery of Cannons (Historic), Leicester, Leicestershire, England
• Death: 30 Sep 1345, Monastery of Cannons (Historic), Leicester, Leicestershire, England

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From Life Sketch

Henry, 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster (c. 1281 – 22 September 1345) was an English nobleman, one of the principals behind the deposition of Edward II of England.

He was the younger son of Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester, who was a son of King Henry III by his wife Eleanor of Provence. Henry's mother was Blanche of Artois, Queen Dowager of Navarre.

Henry's elder brother Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, succeeded their father in 1296, but Henry was summoned to Parliament on 6 February 1298/99 by writ directed to Henrico de Lancastre nepoti Regis ("Henry of Lancaster, nephew of the king", Edward I), by which he is held to have become Baron Lancaster. He took part in the Siege of Caerlaverock in July 1300.

Petition for succession and inheritance
After a period of longstanding opposition to King Edward II and his advisors, including joining two open rebellions, Henry's brother Thomas was convicted of treason, executed and had his lands and titles forfeited in 1322. Henry did not participate in his brother's rebellions; he later petitioned for his brother's lands and titles, and on 29 March 1324 he was invested as Earl of Leicester. A few years later, shortly after his accession in 1327, the young Edward III of England returned the earldom of Lancaster to him, along with other lordships such as that of Bowland.

Revenge
On the Queen's return to England in September 1326 with Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, Henry joined her party against King Edward II, which led to a general desertion of the king's cause and overturned the power of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester, and his namesake son Hugh the younger Despenser.

He was sent in pursuit and captured the king at Neath in South Wales. He was appointed to take charge of the king and was responsible for his custody at Kenilworth Castle.

Full restoration and reward
Henry was appointed "chief advisor" for the new king Edward III of England, and was also appointed captain-general of all the king's forces in the Scottish Marches. He was appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1327. He also helped the young king to put an end to Mortimer's regency and tyranny, also had him declared a traitor and executed in 1330.

Loss of sight
In about the year 1330, he became blind.

Henry married de Chaworth, Maud before 2 Mar 1297. Maud (daughter of de Chaworth, Patrick V and de Beauchamp, Isabella) was born on 2 Feb 1282 in Kidwelly Castle, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales; died on 3 Dec 1322 in Mottisfont Priory, Mottisfont, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Plantagenet, Eleanor of Lancaster was born on 11 Sep 1318 in Grismond or Grosmont Castle (destroyed), Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales; died on 19 Jan 1372 in Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, England; was buried after 19 Jan 1872 in Lewes Priory (Historical), Lewes, Sussex, England.
2. Plantagenet, Lady Joan of Lancaster was born in 1312 in Grismond or Grosmont Castle (destroyed), Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales; died on 15 Jul 1349 in Byland Abbey, Yorkshire, England; was buried after 15 Jul 1349 in Byland Abbey, Yorkshire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Count of Champagne
• Appointments / Titles: King of Sicily
• Appointments / Titles: Prince of England
• Nickname: Crounchback
• Military: 1264
• Appointments / Titles: 1 Nov 1264; Earl of Leicester
• Appointments / Titles: 23 Oct 1265; Earl of Lancaster
• Appointments / Titles: 2 Nov 1265; High Steward of England
• Military: 1272
• Military: 1282
• Appointments / Titles: 1287; Regent of England while Edward II was abroad
• Alternate Burial: 22 Jun 1296, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England